Chapter 295: Sword in Pipa, Life or Death!
Boom, boom, boom…
It was a mixture of the sounds of battle drums and pounding hooves.
“Xiang Yu had already extricated himself from the predicament. Wielding his halberd, he charged at Liu Bang, who had lost all his soldiers, on horseback.”
“Alright!”
“We’re going to win!”
“Haha, Boss Zhong’s ‘Pipa Hand’ is invincible.”
All of the Musical House players rejoiced.
Because if Zhong Zhou won, they could leave this place.
Otherwise, according to Ji Ye, their fate would be in the hands of a native girl that was filled with hatred.
Their ending would be bad if that happened!
Pa!
Seeing the “Conqueror” coming at her, Chu Yin paled a little from the excessive consumption of her energy.
However, she remained level-headed and unperturbed. With a forcible wave of her hand, she plucked the strings of the Topaz Pipa.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
Three of the four strings of the pipa snapped at her movement.
Because of that, the sound was much louder than before, and the soundwave charged at Zhong Zhou like an invisible sword.
The force reminded one of the poem that went, “The silver bottle burst, the water gushed, and the iron cavalry stood out with swords and guns.”
Hum!
Since the great Conqueror had just defeated the Han army, he didn’t have to “take off his armor”.
But the “sharp blade” emanated by Chu Yin’s plucking of the string pierced him without difficulty. Convinced that he was going to win, Zhong Zhou didn’t try to dodge and was. .h.i.t by the strike.
Immediately, he paused and looked absent-minded. It was the Extraordinary power of the Topaz Pipa: Soul s.n.a.t.c.her!
However, the strike wasn’t going to save Chu Yin from her predicament.
The attack made by the soundwave sword was quite concentrated and only had a marginal effect on the Conqueror.
Because of the distance between the two sides, the Conqueror reached Chu Yin before Soul s.n.a.t.c.her could hit Zhong Zhou.
And he aimed his halberd at Liu Bang’s head!
In a “musical battle” where both sides had integrated their mental powers into it, once Liu Bang died, Chu Yin would suffer from severe mental injury and lose her ability to fight.
Although Zhong Zhou was. .h.i.t by Soul s.n.a.t.c.her, with his Extraordinary Rank-8 mental power, he only lost his focus for a brief moment.
One would wonder if Chu Yin had made that choice to vent her anger with such a last strike.
“Chu Yin…”
Meanwhile, Ji Ye stood about ten meters away.
Seeing this, he showed no sign of trying to help.
He said earlier that he would let Chu Yin solve her own problem. Was that the reason why he would rather let her die than breaching his own promise?
Of course not!
No matter who won this battle in the end, he wouldn’t just stand there and watch Chu Yin die.
He hadn’t tried to help because…
Hum!
A jade hairpin glowed in her long black hair, and the misty green light gave her hair a glossy texture.
[Calming Hairpin]
[Level: Extraordinary Rank-8]
[Rarity: Superior]
[Description: It can protect one’s spirit. The owner will be immune from most types of mental attacks.]
Chu Yin had purchased this object from the City of Humans with her Civilization Coins, and it could withstand any Extraordinary Rank-8 mental attack.
However, although it had blocked the mental attack contained in the soundwave, the long-lasting battle had acc.u.mulated enough soundwave to create a destructive effect.
Since the Purple Stone Pipa Zhong Zhou used focused on the power of killing, even when it didn’t launch a mental attack, it would still cause severe injury to the target it hit.
Hum!
A layer of invisible spiritual essence emerged around Chu Yin, blocking the impact of the soundwave.
As an Extraordinary Rank-7 martial arts pract.i.tioner, she could release her True Qi for her own protection.
It was true. She had only just reached Extraordinary Rank-7, but she was an Extraordinary Rank-7 in both her mental power and her inner strength.
The advantage of the Twin Dragon Mount players lay in their martial prowess.
“What?!”
“The powerful soundwave didn’t even affect her?!”
Some of the Musical House players looked surprised.
“It has to be the effect of some special equipment. The Twin Dragon Mount received a lot of rewards from the Battlefield of Providence. Their settlement has pretty much taken the rewards of the entire Southwest Province. For this battle, the Twin Dragon Mount has probably given her all the defensive equipment that has limited usage.”
Some of them thought that they had guessed the right answer.
“But no matter how effective the equipment is, she herself has to have adequate abilities. Although she has blocked the attack, her pipa is destroyed. There’s no way she can win,” someone said in relief when they saw the broken strings of Chu Yin’s pipa.
They were correct. Chu Yin’s Topaz Pipa had lost three strings.
The remaining string might be able to launch sound attacks, but it wasn’t enough to play a battle tune. In terms of the soundwave alone, she was inferior to Zhong Zhou, who had stronger mental power than her.
Although Chu Yin had released Soul s.n.a.t.c.her to render Zhong Zhou inattentive for a brief moment, once Zhong Zhou returned to himself, he could easily win the battle with a single soundwave.
So, was Chu Yin doomed to lose the battle?
Pa!
However, Chu Yin, who was deemed to be losing the battle, still had a calm look on her pale face.
She pressed down on a spot on the Topaz Pipa.
The next second, she drew a Jade Needle Sword of the same color about 25cm long out of the pipa.
“Wait, what’s that…”
“She has hidden a sword in her musical instrument?”
Some of the new players of the Twin Dragon Mount looked surprised.
“Gosh, I was scared.”
“I almost forgot. There’s a sword hidden in the Topaz Pipa!”
Some of the core second batch players were worried at first, but they were relieved to see the sword.
“So, she’s finally going to use it.”
Like Chu Yin, Ji Ye had remained calm the entire time.
Chu Yin’s Topaz Pipa was a very special equipment, which was forged by refining the entire demon scorpion after Ji Ye and Lu Zhishen killed the Topaz Scorpion in the Stone Milk Underground Cave.
The pipa also came with a needle sword that was transformed from the Jade Scorpion Stinger.
However, did Chu Yin know how to use a sword?
She didn’t before she entered the Battlefield of Providence.
But as a pupil of Huang Yaoshi, Chu Yin knew much more than simple sound attacks.
Taking the Jade Needle Sword, Chu Yin put it on top of the remaining string of the Topaz Pipa.
Concentrating her True Qi on her fingertips, she plucked the string.
Whoosh!
The next second, a streak of yellow-and-white light shot out of the pipa.
Pipa Bow and Jade Flying Sword!
The light was created by the small jade sword fired by combining the soundwave with her musical skill. It was a modified form of Huang Yaoshi’s master skill, Flicking Fingers. The trajectory of the Jade Needle Sword also contained the knowledge of the Fallen Petal Swordplay.
At the cost of three strings, Chu Yin activated all her Extraordinary power.
Zhong Zhou was still launching attacks with the Conqueror and had to meet the Soul s.n.a.t.c.her head-on.
The attack the three elements created together had the effect of a thunderclap.
It was probably a special skill Huang Yaoshi created for his female student.
After all, the Battlefield of Providence only lasted for a short time, and without a talent like Fusion, Chu Yin couldn’t master sword and finger skills while learning music.
Combining the two skills with her pipa-playing was a way to adapt to circ.u.mstances, and Chu Yin had chosen the perfect time to launch the attack.
As the only beta tester of the Musical House and because of the pipa girl, Zhong Zhou had taken a large proportion of the resources.
Therefore, he was able to advance to Extraordinary Rank-8 and had obtained some impressive equipment.
But the settlement was still Extraordinary Rank-5 so far, which was nothing compared to the Twin Dragon Island.
Be it the number and types of cultivation skills, or how comprehensive his equipment and resources were, compared to Chu Yin, one of the core players of the Twin Dragon Island, Zhong Zhou had no advantage at all.
Moreover, in the battle against the Magma Monsters, a lot of items Zhong Zhou had that could save his life had been destroyed.
There was no way he could withstand the strike that Chu Yin had put all her cultivation power in.
Zhong Zhou had just shaken off the effect of Soul s.n.a.t.c.her when his pupils contracted as he watched the streak of light coming toward his forehead.
Pew!
The needle sword pierced Zhong Zhou’s head.
The thin needle sticking into his brain didn’t kill him instantly.
“Ah!”
But Zhong Zhou screamed in pain.
The needle sword was forged from the poisonous Jade Scorpion Stinger, which could inflict unbearable pain to its victims.
After all, even the most unruly Monkey King could not stand the pain the stinger inflicted and had to turn to the immortals for help.
Once the needle sword was in his head, Zhong Zhou could no longer play The Overlord Takes Off His Armor. His face twisted in pain, and all his facial features seemed to have changed their positions.
The pain made him tighten his grip on the metal string of the Purple Stone Pipa, but instead of breaking the strings, they only cut his fingers open. Blood gushed out.
Whoosh!
Meanwhile, activating her alacrity skill of the Ancient Tomb sect, Chu Yin swiftly went up to him.
Holding the Topaz Pipa in her right arm, she reached out with her left hand and pulled out the Jade Needle Sword by its end.
Instantly, blood splashed everywhere!
The battle was over!
One was dead and the other one alive!